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I I T'OUIl opic§ Miss Treva Dickens, of Raleigh, Selective Service auditor, was in Plymouth Tuesday of this week and visisted the office of the local board at the courthouse, Board Clerk Lorraine Hunter reports. Mrs. Ralph Basnight said yes terday that she expected her hus band to return home sometime next week after 17 months of overseas duty in Korea. Cpl. Bas night left Korea February 22 en route to the states via Panama and New York. It will really be a joyous reunion and also get acquainted time for the corporal and his son, nine-month-old Stephen Ralph, whom he has never seen. City Clerk and Shriner W. A. Roebuck stated yesterday that he had just received a letter from Lt. Tom Brown, of Greenville, asking that Roebuck pass on to the Plymouth High School band an invitation to take part in the parade May 26 at Greenville dur ing the Spring Jamboree and Ceremonial of Sudan Temple, New Bern. There is a possibility that the date will conflict with final examinations at the school, it is understood. Lee Roy Singleton, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Singleton, of Plymouth, is in the U. S. Navy stationed on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean and is an xious to receive mail from his friends here. His address is Fas rom 104, Dept. 1, c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. Incidental ly, Lee Roy’s brother, Louis, is in the news. A junior at East Carolina College, Greenville, Louis will be a candidate for first vice presi dent of the Student Government Association in the campus elect ions soon to be held. When Charlie Franklin Cara wan and Miss Shirley Haislip were united in marriage last Fri day at the home of Justice of the Peace J. T. McNair, of Plymouth, it made the 170th time that Mr. McNair had tied such a knot. He has been a magistrate for 44 years. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Carawan, of Plymouth, and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Haislip, of Roper. The ceremony took place in the presence of a few friends and relatives. -♦ ’ Republicans Set Meeting Monday -• The Republican Executive com mittee will meet in Skinnersville precinct on Monday of next week at 7:30 p. m. at Louis Bateman’s garage, located one mile west of the Albemarle bridge road on Highway 64. W. T. Love, of Elizabeth City, Republican candidate for con gress in the first district, will be the guest speaker. The November election will be given consideration and all! precinct committees are requested to at tend this meeting with republi cans wishing to be considered for county office. -4 Baseball Meeting r Edenion Tonight A baseball meeting has been scheduled for Thursday night of this week at Edenton for persons interested in reviving the old Al bemarle League. Purpose of the meeting will be to thoroughly discuss the propos ed constitution and by-laws. The meeting is set for 7:30 o’clock at the Ohowan County courthouse and all interested1 persons from Plymouth are urged to attend. Gilbert Vaughan stated this week that any person interested in playing for the Plymouth club should contact him or Ted Pinner sometime within the next week. Present plans call for six ama teur clubs—Elizabeth City, Hert ford, Edenton, Colerain, Windsor and Plymouth. Williamston has made it known that if a league is organized they are interested in joining. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 13,000 people. VOLUME LXV—NUMBER 12 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 25, 1954 ESTABLISHED 1889 THREE INJURED IN THIS CAR WRECK FRIDAY The above photo shows a badly smashed 1953 Ford which wept out of control and overturned on Highway 64 near here at 9 p. m. last Friday. The car was operated by Raymond K. Greenman and there were three other riders, all of them Marines stationed at the Edenton Base. The three passengers were rather seriously injured and hospitalized here. Estimated damage to the car was $2,400. —Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo. Hog Market Receipts More Than Expected ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I I County Gels ASC ] Report in Early Only one county in the state submitted its annual ASC re port ahead of Washington Coun ty. That was Henderson County. Washington tied for second with Bertie. State ACP Pro gram Specialist D. L. Hatch, jr., commended the local office in a letter addressed to County ASC Secretary Miriam Ausbon. Incidentally, the report involves many man-hours of work and Miss Ausbon states that much of the credit should go to her capable staff of workers. To Seek Quota oi $1,200 in Annual Cancer Fund Drive -♦ Mrs. Harry Browning, of Plymouth, Named Head Of 1954 Campaign in Washington County —+... — Mrs. Harry Browning, of Plym outh, has been appointed chair man of the Washington County unit, N. C. Division of the Ameri can Cancer Society’s 1954 fund raising crusade here, it was an nounced today. The drive will open in Wash ington County April 1, it was said. The crusade will combine an appeal for funds with an educa tional campaign to inform the public of the latest facts about cancer. The national goal for 1954 is $20,000,000, an increase of $2,000, 000 over last year’s quota which was oversubscribed by more than a million dollars. The Washington County quota for this year has been set at $1,200. “In accepting this appoint ment,” the chairman said, “I am deeply aware of the important responsibility it entails. “I feel sure that everyone in this community will want to have a share in this vital enterprise Which has the ultimate objective of banishing the spectre of cancer from the daily lives of future generations of Americans. “Many can take a direct part in the campaign by responding When volunteers are called for to help in the fund-raising drive. All can participate by contributing even more generously than they did last year so that we can suc ceed in meeting our increased lo cal quota.” ' Veterans To Sponsor Queen Contest Entry k The Bosie Bateman. Post, Vet erans of Foreign Wans, and the James E. Jethro Posit of the American Legion will jointly sponsor a contest to select a coun ty entrant to compete for Albe marle Potato Festival Queen at Elizabeth City in May, officials of the two local veterans posts have announced. The queen to reign over the festival at Elizabeth City will be selected! Saturday, May 15, it was stated. Washington County had the honor to furnish that queen in the contest last spring. Miss Betty Ann Burnham of Plymouth, was selected over beauties repre senting several other counties in Northeastern North Carolina. Entrants must be residents of the county, single and between the ages of 15 and 20, and of good character, poise, personality, in telligence, charm and beauty of face and figure, it was said. The county representative will also be required to be in Eliza beth City not later than 6 p. m., Friday, May 14, and remain in the city as guest of Festivals, Inc., through Saturday night, May 15. Entrant must participate in all events of the festival including beauty contest, parade and coro nation ball. Any eligibile girl desiring to compete should: contact W. J. Weaver for further details. Owners Pleased With Open ing Monday; 209 Head Received; Farmers Satis fied With Prices -»— The Plymouth Hog Market had a successful opening here Mon day, with receipts being more than twice what the owners had an ticipated, according to D. C. Mor ris, of Washington, who is here to help Manager Paul Gurganus during the first two weeks. The first load of hogs is said to have arrived at 4:30 a. m. and this entitled Melvin Tetterton, of Plymouth RFD, to a special prize given for the first load brought in to the new market. Tetterton will receive an automatic hog waterer. For the first three days’ busi ness at the market a total of $13, 588.77 was paid out, according to figures released by Morris and Gurganus. Most of the hogs grad ed tops and it was said that farm ers generally were well-pleased with receipts. Jack Pugh, of Lake Landing, Hyde County, came the greatest distance to bring a load of hogs-— 95 miles—and will receive a roll of four-point barbed wire as a prize. Other prizes at the opening went to J. Linwood Knowles, of Dardens, Herbert Sexton, of Jamesvillle, and John Askew, of Plymouth .These men- brought the largest loads of hogs. Knowles brought 32 head, Sexton 25 head and Askew 24. Prizes were a fence control to Knowles, a hog catcher to Sexton, and an automatic hog waterer to Askew. First day’s receipts amounted to. 209 head, it was stated. The market is owned and ope rated by Williams Brothers, of Smithfield and Washington and is located on- Highway 64 by-pass just east of Waters Amoco Stat ion. Buying hours are 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. Monday through Friday and 7 a. m. to 12 noon Saturday of each week. Many Club Women Of County To Be At District Meet -« Mrs. H. L. Harris, of Cres well, Vice President ol District; Meeting Set for Engelhard -» A strong delegation of club wo men from this county is expected to attend the meeting of home demonstration clubs for the 24th district to be held! Wednesday, April 7, at Englehard High School, Mrs. Frances M. Darden, home agent, announced this week. The district embraces clubs in Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington Counties. Mrs. Charles Graham, state president, North Carolina Feder ation of Home Demonstration Clubs, will be the featured speaker. In 1938, Mrs. Graham signed up as a member of a new home demonstration club in Linwood, and during these 15 years she has been so vitally interested in home demonstration work that she has not missed more than a total of 10 meetings. She has served as sec retary and president of her local club, president of the county council, chairman of the district, and state chairman o fthe Jane S. McKimmon Loan Fund Commit tee. Mrs. H. L. Harris, of Creswell, is vice president of the 24th dis trict organization. Stillman Seeking Renominalion To Court Clerk Post Pays Filing Fee and An nounces as Candidate To Succeed Himself; Arnold, Davenport Candidates ♦ Incumbent W. T. Stillman, of Plymouth, -paid his filing fee Tuesday and announced his can didacy to succeed himself as clerk of Washington County Superior Court, subject to the Democratic primary May 29. That was the only development on the local political front during the past week insofar as an nouncements are concerned. How ever, two other announced can didates officially filed during the period. Douglas Daveport, young Cres well farmer who will attempt along with Philip Spruill to un seat Harry W. Pritchett as coun ty commissioner from Scupper nong Township, paid his filing fee Thursday of -last week, W. T. Freeman, chairman of the Wash ington County Board of Elections, reported. | E. O. Arnold, of Skinnersville, filed with the county elections board Saturday morning as a can didate for Washington County Representative, opposing Dr. J. M. Phelps, of Creswell. Arnold and Davenport 'both had prev iously announced themselves as candidates for office in the com ing primary. In announcing for another term as court clerk, Mr. Stillman is sued the following statement: “At the request of friends and my desire to remain in office I hereby announce tlhiat I will be a candidate, to succeed myself, for the office of Clerk Superior Court in the coming Democratic pri mary on May 29, 1954. “I wish to thank every citizen in the county for the support and cooperation given me in the past. I hope that my past service and record will merit your continued consideration and support. If elected I will continue to serve aid people of the county to the very best of my ability. I will appreci ate your support.” -♦ Local Speaker Is Loser in Conlesl Miss Betty Davenport was eliminated in the Group I speak ing contest on “The Big Change,” sponsored by the North Carolina Bankers Association /and held last Thursday at Greenville. There were five contestants— from Williamston, Bath, Green ville, Aulander and Plymouth. The Aulander representative, a Miss Dorsey, was declared the winner and represented Group I in the divisional elimination held Wednesday of this week at Wil son. The finals will be held at Ra leigh next Wednesday with three divisional winners competing. Miss Davenport, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Davenport, of Plymouth, won the right to represent Washington County in the contest by defeating repre sentatives from Roper and Cres well schools in a contest held re cently at Roper. -4 Local Legion Post Will Meet Friday at Vets Club -♦ James E. Jethro Post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting at the Veterans Club here Friday night of this week, it is announced. The meeting will open at 8 o’clock ) SCHOOL BAND MAJORETTES PRACTICE FOR AZALEA FESTIVAL PARADE 'Ifte six senior majorettes of the Plymouth High school Band have been practicing a lot recent ly in getting ready for the local unit’s appearance in the Azalea Festival parade in Wilmington Sat urday morning at 11 o’clock. Pictured above, left to right, are Gail Gaylord, Janice Johnson, Frankie Hobbs, Ann Vandiford, Ramona Spruill, and Phyllis Bagley. Traveling in two chartered Carolina Trailways busses, the band, majorettes and several school officials will leave here at 5:30 Saturday morning and return that night. Quite a number of local people also are planning to make the trip. More than a score of high school, college and military bands will be in the line of march for the big parade.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo. County Tobacco Growers Urged To Treat Beds County Agent W. H. Pruden Gives Information on Con trol of Blue Mold and An thracnose -* County Agent W. H. Pruden is urging that tobacco farmers guard against costly losses from blue mold and anthracnose by adopt ing the proper precautionary measures. Anthracnose, a fungus disease first found in North Carolina to bacco plant beds about three years ago, has already spread over a large area, the county agent pointed' out. "'his disease, as well as blue . can kill out plants it) f shaft time or make them able for transplanting. Indica tions are, Pruden says, that the chemicals recommended for blue mold control will also prove af fective against anthracnose. The recommended chemicals are fungicides containing zineb or ferbam. For spray treatments, use fungicides containing 65 per cent zineb or products containing 76 per cent ferbam. For dust treatment, use a prepared mixed dust containing six per cent zineb or 10 per cent ferbam for each 100 square yards for the season. For spray treatments, the coun ty agent recommends sprayers developing 100 pounds pressure or more. Barrel, wheelbarrow and bucket type sprayers are espec ially well-suited for spraying to bacco beds. For increased effic iency, sprayers should be equip ped with 25 to 30 feet of pressure hose and a 7 to 9-foot spray rod extension. For dust treatments, Pruden said that hand-powered crank type dusters equipped with one to two extra joints of pipe are pre ferred. Either treatment is a pre ventative rather than a cure, the agent stressed, and should begin before disease appears in the plant bed. Make the first appli cation -when plants are about the size of a dime, he stated. Continue applications twice weekly until plants free of disease are assured for transplanting (usually 8 to 12 applications). It is important, Pruden added, to repeat applications which are washed! off by heavy rains, just as soon as weather will permit. | SCENE IN CRESWELL SENIOR PLAY NEXT WEEK “Now here we have an ordinary hat—and we have an ordi nary egg.” With these words, Jimmy Davenport goes into his “magic’ act, which proves disastrous, in the Creswell senior play, “A Case of Springtime,” to be presented Thursday night of next week, April 1, in the school auditorium there. Looking on, from left to right, are Gloria Phelps (the principal’s daughter in the play), Patsy Liverman and Larry Woodley. Several Streets Here Now Being Surfaced Police Chief P. W. Brown Says 'Good Job' Being Done; Releases List of Projects -» Some $14,000 allotted the Town of Plymouth in Powell Bill funds is being used in paving and re surfacing projects now underway, Police Chief P. W. Brown stated late yesterday. Chief Brown said that the lay ing of crushed rock or “screen ing,” was nearing completion and that it is now expected that top surfacing will commence next week. All screening is completed, the chief said, except in Brinkley Forest where the equivalent of about th^ blocks ia being laid. 'The projects shoi.d be complet ed somewhere around April 10, the Chief estimated. The work is being done by the state highway department under supervision of the local district engineer’s office. The chief term ed it “a good job" and said that it is being done at a much more reasonable figure than could be done otherwise. Projects being paved include the following: Three blocks in the Brinkley Forest section, from Highway 32 to Highway 64; Adams Street, from Fourth to what is known as Seventh Street, but on the map really Eighth; Winesett Circle, from Monroe Street to Wilson Street; Darby Circle in Country Club Village, from Country Club Road to the Pulp Mill Road; Three blocks of Oakford Ave nue in Little Riohwood; One 'block of Logan Avenue in Stillacres. Also included is resurfacing Golf Road from its northern in tersection with Country Club Road west andi south for .2 of a mile. — ♦ - Accident Series Takes Property, Injury Toll Here -» Three Marines From Eden lon Base Hospitalized Here; Damage Total Esti mated at $3,355 -♦ A rash of highway accidents, three of them last Friday, took heavy toll in injuries and per sonal! property damages in this county. Three Marines from the Eden ton Base were hospitalized here with rather serious injuries fol lowing an accident Friday night on Highway 64 near here when the 1953 Ford Tudor car in which they were riding left the road and overturned, doing an estimated $2,400 property damage. Altogether, the four wrecks did an estimated damage of $3,365, according to reports submitted by Patrolman J. E. Morton, of Roper, the investigating officer. Driver of the Ford which ran off the highway and turned over was Raymond K. Greennvan. Hen ry R. Schiehl received possible fractures and cuts, John R. Gor don suffered a fractured arm and leg, and Dallas Grcenwalt receiv ed multiple fractures and cuts. They were rushed by ambulance to the Washington County Hos pital here. See ACCIDENTS, Page 10 i ! No Draft Calls | For Next Month j No induction and pre-induct ion calls for men will be made upon Selective Service Board No. 95 here, Mrs. Lorraine Hunter, board clerk, reported this week. Word was recently received that no calls upon the local board for registrants would be forthcoming during April, Mrs. Hunter stated. Meanwhile, five men arc scheduled to leave here Tuesday morning of next week to be inducted, the board clerk said. Shares Preferred Stock Offered by Plymouth Concern ♦ East Carolina Supply Com pany Issues Seven Per Cent Stock To Increase Working Capital « A Plymouth concern, East Car olina Supply Company, is cur rently offering 750 shares of 7 per cent preferred stock for the purpose of increasing its working capital. The offer is being made between the dates March 20-31. Present stockholders are being given preference in the purchase of the stock issue, it was stated, and the balance—if oversubscrib ed—-will be allotted in accordance with requests received. The stock will have a par value of $100 and a call value of from $100 to $106, depending on the length of time held. The corpora tion has in effect a sinking fund to retire the issue in ten years. Dividends of 7 per cent per an num will be paid semi-annually on June 15 and December 15. Since moving into new and larger quarters located on High way 64 east of Plymouth a 40 per cent increase in business has been noted by the firm, it was said. Officials explained that this ad ditional business has necessitated an increase in inventory together with an increase in accounts re ceivable. The gross business of the sup ply house last year is said to have been close to a million dollars and President W. E. Waters stated that business this year is running ahead of that for the correspond ing period a year ago. The busi ness was started in 1946 Red Cross Drive Over $500 Mark, Chairman Reports -9 Complete Reports Submitted By Seven Local Chair men, Six in Excess of Quotas As of Wednesday noon, the sum of $533.64 had been, collected in the annual Red Cross fund drive in Washington County. The county quota announced for the 1954 campaign is $2,750. The county fund chairman, D. Marvin Weaver, of Plymouth, stated this week that solicitations have been completed by seven lo cal chairmen and full reports turned in. However, nothing has been heard from the others with the exception of tihe business and professional solicitation group, of which Mr. Weaver is chairman. This has submitted an incomplete report showing collections of $290.70. A good bit of work re mains to be done, Mr. Weaver de clared. Completed reports show that six of the seven so reporting to date have exceeded the establish ed quota, only one failing to reach the quota. A list of these, showing com munity, chairman, quota and amount raised, was released yes terday by Fund Chairman Wea ver and is as follows: Brinkley Forest, Mrs. Walton Swain, chairman, quota $25, amount raised $29.22; East Main Street, Lyman Mayo, $25, $33.50; Winesett Circle, J. W. House, jr,, $25, $29; Maekeys, Mrs. Cedric Davenport, $75, $70; Long Ridge, Mrs. Foster Ange, $25, $28.57; Wenona, Mrs. Glenn Furbee, $25, $26.55; Skinnersville, Mrs. Vance Respass, $25, $26.10. Mr. Weaver stated:, “I'm well pleased with the response so far and urge that all reports not yet turned in be submitted as soon as possible. I also urge that those persons who have not yet contri buted to the fund make their do nations as generous as possible. Funds are badly needed with which to carry on the work of the Red Cross throughout the nation.” -1 Plymouth Man Is Buried on Sunday Whit Harrison, 85, died at his home here Saturday morning at 5 a. m., following a brief illness. Mr. Harrison had been in declin ing health for the past two years but had! been confined to his bed for only five days. Services were held in the chapel of Homer’s Funeral Home here Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with the Rev. J. D. Waters in charge, assisted by the Rev. C. N. Barnett. Burial was in the Harrison Cemetery near Plym outh. Mr. Harrison was the son of the late W. J. and Mary Etheridge Harrison, of Tyrrell County. He was born in Washington County August 20, 1868, and spent his en tire life here. He was a retired merchant and a member of Plym outh Christian Church. Surviving are one brother, E. G. Harrison, of Plymouth; two grandchildren; and one great grandchild. Anii-Rabies Vaccination Work Resumes Monday ■' ♦ The anti-rabies vaccination of dogs, suspended here sometime ago because of shortage of serum, has been rescheduled. The new schedule was announc ed this week by the county board of commissioners and calls for vaccination work to resume Mon day of next week and to continue through Friday, April 9. The complete schedule appears in an advertisement in this issue of The Beacon. The anti - rabies vaccinations are required by state law and dog-owners are asked to please cooperate. Elections Board Sets Meeting for April 10 Personnel of the Washington County Board of Elections re mains unchanged. The State Board of Elections named local elections boards in each of the 100 counties last Sat urday, Washington among them. W. T. Freeman, M. W. Spruill and J. Richard Carr, all of Plym outh, were renamed. At present, Mr. Freeman, is chairman of the board while Spruill is Democratic member and Carr is Republican member. The members of the board will hold their organizational meeting Saturday, April 10, it is announc ed. It is expected that Mr. Free man will again be named chair man of the body when its organi zation is perfected. Precinct officials — registrars and judges of election—will be appointed by the board at the April 10 meeting also, and at that time any other necessary steps in preparing for the May 29 Dem ocratic primary will be taken, it was saiid.